Project Control Officer
| Posting date: | 12 March 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £37271-47060 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 26 March 2026 |
| Location: | Portsmouth, PO1 3LT |
| Company: | Serco Limited |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 308402-44031755 |
Summary
Serco Limited
Location: Portsmouth, 24 Store, PO1 3LT Salary: £37,271
- £47,060 per annum, dependant on experience plus excellent benefits Schedule: Full time, permanentReady to impact a better future?
As a Project Control Officer in our Maritime Services team, you’ll play a vital role in ensuring smooth, compliant and timely delivery of maintenance, repair and in‑service support for the Army Boats fleet. Your work will help keep essential military vessels operational and ready, supporting teams who deliver services that truly touch lives.
You’ll be at the heart of our commercial and financial processes – raising purchase orders, validating invoices, tracking spend, coordinating with subcontractors and helping colleagues stay aligned with MOD and Serco procurement standards. Your attention to detail and proactive approach will create impactful solutions that support operational readiness and a better future for the communities we serve.
What you’ll do as a Project Control Officer
You’ll be entrusted to:
- Act as the point of contact for subcontractor-related matters including onboarding, procurement queries, and risk or issue escalation.
- Support engineering and technical teams with administrative tasks such as managing logs, processing visit notification forms (VNFs), scheduling meetings and ensuring documentation flows accurately.
- Manage procurement and financial administration, including raising purchase requisitions, assisting with supplier onboarding, issuing invoices and producing ad‑hoc Letters of Liability.
- Gather scope information, assist with estimates and ensure all project preparation data is accurately recorded.
- Raise, process and track purchase orders in line with Serco procurement policies and financial controls.
- Receive, validate and process invoices, ensuring alignment with purchase orders, tariffs and contracted rates.
- Issue Requests for Quote to subcontractors and ensure clarity, correct documentation and timely responses.
- Review returned quotes against approved tariffs and commercial frameworks before escalating for approval.
- Maintain financial trackers covering purchase orders, invoices, accruals, commitments and forecasts.
- Support internal reporting, MOD visibility requirements and preparation of financial summaries.
- Maintain accurate document control for all commercial and contractual documentation.
- Ensure all commercial activity complies with Serco, MOD and any contract obligations.
- Support RAID (risks, assumptions, issues and dependencies) log management for the Senior Project Manager.
Does this sound like you?
You’ll be a great fit for this role if you have…
- Experience in project support, procurement, finance or commercial administration, ideally within engineering, defence or technical services.
- A project management qualification or relevant project control experience.
- Strong understanding of procurement processes, purchase orders and invoice validation.
- High proficiency with MS Office, especially Excel, and confidence using SharePoint or Teams.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to work professionally with subcontractors, colleagues and MOD stakeholders.
- Strong numeracy, accuracy and attention to detail when handling financial data.
- Experience managing document control and supporting audit or compliance requirements.
- Minimum of three GCSEs including English and Maths (or equivalent).
- Eligibility to achieve UK Security Clearance (SC).
Vetting and checks: This role requires Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) clearance, which involves verifying your identity, employment history, nationality, and criminal record to meet government security standards. In addition, depending on the nature of the role, you may need to obtain formal Security Clearance (such as CTC or SC), which includes more detailed background checks on employment, criminal record, and financial history to ensure suitability for working in secure environments. Please note that UK residency requirements may apply for certain levels of clearance. You will also complete an Occupational Health Questionnaire so we can identify and provide any support you may need to undertake the role effectively.
Discover all you need to keep growing We’re one of the top 1% of international employers, so you can have confidence you’ll be part of a highly supportive culture with leaders you can count on to help you achieve your goals. From mentoring and training to our focus on internal progression, we’re proud to offer clear development opportunities – and the support and tools to help you seize them.
What we offer
- Holidays: Up to 25 days plus bank holidays
- Pension: Up to 6% contributory pension scheme
- Training and development: Over 1,100 internal courses available, funding for qualifications and apprenticeships (including L3 Team Leader and L5 Operations Manager apprenticeships), mentoring opportunities, and a focus on internal progression
- Health and wellbeing: Employee Assistance Programme, Bupa Anytime HealthLine, wellbeing app, 30% off at Serco-managed leisure centres, and 24/7 access to a virtual GP service
- Discounts: Discounts across around 1,000 retailers, from food and clothing to days out, entertainment and travel
- Charity: Paid volunteering day, tax-free charitable giving through Payroll Giving Scheme, donate your pennies to the Serco People Fund Charity
- Employee networks: Our networks support inclusion and connection, providing spaces for collaboration, learning and belonging for LGBTQIA+ colleagues, women, parents and carers, people with disabilities, veterans and people from all cultural backgrounds.
Let’s impact a better future, together. Apply today.
Location: Portsmouth, 24 Store, PO1 3LT Salary: £37,271
- £47,060 per annum, dependant on experience plus excellent benefits Schedule: Full time, permanentReady to impact a better future?
As a Project Control Officer in our Maritime Services team, you’ll play a vital role in ensuring smooth, compliant and timely delivery of maintenance, repair and in‑service support for the Army Boats fleet. Your work will help keep essential military vessels operational and ready, supporting teams who deliver services that truly touch lives.
You’ll be at the heart of our commercial and financial processes – raising purchase orders, validating invoices, tracking spend, coordinating with subcontractors and helping colleagues stay aligned with MOD and Serco procurement standards. Your attention to detail and proactive approach will create impactful solutions that support operational readiness and a better future for the communities we serve.
What you’ll do as a Project Control Officer
You’ll be entrusted to:
- Act as the point of contact for subcontractor-related matters including onboarding, procurement queries, and risk or issue escalation.
- Support engineering and technical teams with administrative tasks such as managing logs, processing visit notification forms (VNFs), scheduling meetings and ensuring documentation flows accurately.
- Manage procurement and financial administration, including raising purchase requisitions, assisting with supplier onboarding, issuing invoices and producing ad‑hoc Letters of Liability.
- Gather scope information, assist with estimates and ensure all project preparation data is accurately recorded.
- Raise, process and track purchase orders in line with Serco procurement policies and financial controls.
- Receive, validate and process invoices, ensuring alignment with purchase orders, tariffs and contracted rates.
- Issue Requests for Quote to subcontractors and ensure clarity, correct documentation and timely responses.
- Review returned quotes against approved tariffs and commercial frameworks before escalating for approval.
- Maintain financial trackers covering purchase orders, invoices, accruals, commitments and forecasts.
- Support internal reporting, MOD visibility requirements and preparation of financial summaries.
- Maintain accurate document control for all commercial and contractual documentation.
- Ensure all commercial activity complies with Serco, MOD and any contract obligations.
- Support RAID (risks, assumptions, issues and dependencies) log management for the Senior Project Manager.
Does this sound like you?
You’ll be a great fit for this role if you have…
- Experience in project support, procurement, finance or commercial administration, ideally within engineering, defence or technical services.
- A project management qualification or relevant project control experience.
- Strong understanding of procurement processes, purchase orders and invoice validation.
- High proficiency with MS Office, especially Excel, and confidence using SharePoint or Teams.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to work professionally with subcontractors, colleagues and MOD stakeholders.
- Strong numeracy, accuracy and attention to detail when handling financial data.
- Experience managing document control and supporting audit or compliance requirements.
- Minimum of three GCSEs including English and Maths (or equivalent).
- Eligibility to achieve UK Security Clearance (SC).
Vetting and checks: This role requires Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) clearance, which involves verifying your identity, employment history, nationality, and criminal record to meet government security standards. In addition, depending on the nature of the role, you may need to obtain formal Security Clearance (such as CTC or SC), which includes more detailed background checks on employment, criminal record, and financial history to ensure suitability for working in secure environments. Please note that UK residency requirements may apply for certain levels of clearance. You will also complete an Occupational Health Questionnaire so we can identify and provide any support you may need to undertake the role effectively.
Discover all you need to keep growing We’re one of the top 1% of international employers, so you can have confidence you’ll be part of a highly supportive culture with leaders you can count on to help you achieve your goals. From mentoring and training to our focus on internal progression, we’re proud to offer clear development opportunities – and the support and tools to help you seize them.
What we offer
- Holidays: Up to 25 days plus bank holidays
- Pension: Up to 6% contributory pension scheme
- Training and development: Over 1,100 internal courses available, funding for qualifications and apprenticeships (including L3 Team Leader and L5 Operations Manager apprenticeships), mentoring opportunities, and a focus on internal progression
- Health and wellbeing: Employee Assistance Programme, Bupa Anytime HealthLine, wellbeing app, 30% off at Serco-managed leisure centres, and 24/7 access to a virtual GP service
- Discounts: Discounts across around 1,000 retailers, from food and clothing to days out, entertainment and travel
- Charity: Paid volunteering day, tax-free charitable giving through Payroll Giving Scheme, donate your pennies to the Serco People Fund Charity
- Employee networks: Our networks support inclusion and connection, providing spaces for collaboration, learning and belonging for LGBTQIA+ colleagues, women, parents and carers, people with disabilities, veterans and people from all cultural backgrounds.
Let’s impact a better future, together. Apply today.
Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme
Disability Confident
About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.